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September 4, 2018Don’t Stop Believin’: The Staying Power of Search Term Optimization
Some things never outlive their usefulness. Just as a steering wheel remains the preferred method of driving a vehicle, the use of keyword search terms in ediscovery remains a powerful technique in the ediscovery world. In recent years there has been considerable attention on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning techniques being applied to the challenges of ediscovery document review. Technology assisted review...
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May 9, 2018EU Privacy Laws Don’t Change U.S. Discovery Requirement
Sands Anderson LLP reports that despite the difference between the United States and the European Union’s approach to data privacy and the default rules for electronically stored information, like email, a U.S. litigant still has to comply with the discovery...
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March 8, 2018Ready. Set. Comply! Preparing for the GDPR’s Broad Reach
In May of 2018, the EU’s General Data Protection Plan (GDPR) will take effect and its reach will be broad, extending to corporate legal counsel and e-discovery teams during litigation and investigation. There will be new expectations, limitations and noncompliance...
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November 13, 2017You Can Take It Back: Rule 502(d)
As ediscovery continued to grow in the early 2000s, so, too, did the risk of inadvertently producing privileged documents. In response, in 2008, Congress enacted Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d), which allows a party to clawback any privileged or protected materials...
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November 8, 2017Every Step of the Way: The Value of an Ediscovery Liaison
For many attorneys, confidence still remains low around ediscovery and electronically stored information (ESI). As attorney Neda Shakoori wrote in 2013, which remains applicable today, low ediscovery confidence can result in inefficiency, a lack of organization, increased costs, missed opportunities...
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